Wheelbarrow-handle guard



G. C. BATTEN WHEELBARROW HANDLE GUARD July. 31,"1923.

Filed May 27 1921 gwventoz JM 8 .EM

Patented July 31, 1923..

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Application filed May 27, 1921. Scria1 No.473,18D. Y

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Be it known that I, GIDEON C. BAT-TEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wheelbarrow- HandleGuards, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in guards for wheelbarrow handles.One of its objects is to provide guards adapted to be conveniently andfirmly attached to the handles of wheelbarrows to protect the hands ofthe operators against injury from striking door frames, doors, or otherobjects which the wheelbarrow is required to pass. Another object is toprovide improved means to conveniently and firmly attach the guards tothe handles. Another object is to provide improved guards adapted to beattached at opposite ends to the handles and to guard and fend olfobjects in either forward or reverse direction. Y My invention also comrises certain details of form combinations and arrangement, all of whichwill be fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings:in which:

Fig. 1, is a plan view of a metal-type wheelbarrow provided with myimproved guards.

Fig. 2, is an enlarged detail partly in section of one of the guards ofFig. 1.

Fig. 3, is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. I

Fig. 4, is a view similar to Fig. 2, illustrating a modification adaptedtoapplv the guards to wooden wheel barrow handles.

' The accompanying drawings illustrate the preferred embodiments of myinvention in Figs. 1 to 3 of which 15 represents a metal typewheelbarrow having a wheel 14 and tubular metal handle-bars l6, and 17.The

handle guards l8 and 19 are, preferably malleable castings comprisingcurved guardmembers 20 having at one end projections 21 adapted to enterthe ends of the tubular.

handles, and at the opposite end with split rings 22 adapted to lip overthe handle-bars and to be clamped, firmly thereto by means of clampingbolts 94, passing through ears 25 at the adjacent ends of the splitring.

The projections 21 are preferably tapered so as to seat firmly in theends of the handle-bars. The split rings 22 are pref erably reamed orbored to fit snugly and.

ni fcrinly fli r. t e rior o th bars'i Thus the guards are readilyattached or detached from the handle-bars, and when attached "are firmlyand rigidly securedin position With referenceto the handle-bars, and atboth ends. grasped by the operator midway of the ends of the guards. v

By employing guardssuch as shown the wheelbarrow may beconvenientlydriven meant WEE- #5 cannon cfna'r rnn. OFVCIINCIIN'NATLIonto,

The handlebars are I through automatically closing storm doors 28 and 29shown in Fig. 1 for instance, or 1 screen doors, and are otherwiseconveniently employed to pass through door framesv or alley ways orthrough other confined spaces without liability to injure the hands ofthe operator. The guards protect the hands of the operator equally wellwhether the wheelbarrow is propelled forwardly or backwardly.

In the modification Fig. 4, 30, represents one of the wooden handles ofa wood type wheelbarrow in which the outer end, of the handles isusually rounded. One end of the guard 31 has preferably a cup or recess32 to fit over the end of the handle-bar 30 v and also preferably'aprojection '33'to enter or be driven into an opening in the end of thehandle-bar to attach the guard at its outer end to the handle-bar. Atthe opposite end of the guard the guard may-be I attached to thehandle-bar by means of screws 34 shown in dotted lines, but ispreferably secured thereto by means of threaded shanks 35, a cross bar36 inside of the" handle-bar and clamping nuts 37. Y

Theapparatus herein illustrated and describedis capable of considerablemodificationwithout departing from the principle of my invention.

What I claim is: I

1. As a new article of manufacture a guard for wheelbarrow handlesextending from the handlebar at one end in a loop to the'handle-bar atthe guards opposite end and provided at one end witha clamping member tobe clamped upon the exterior of the handle bar.

handles extending from the-handle bar at one end in a loop to the handlebar at said guards opposite end, and attachedat one end to the end ofsaid handle bar and at "the opposite end of said. guardby a clamp- 2. Adetachable guard for wheelbarrow '3. A detachable guard for Wheelbarrowhandles extending from the handle bar at one end in a loop tothehandle-bar at the guards opposite end and attached at each 5 end to saidhandle-bar by means of a single clamping means at one end of said guardembracing the exterior of the handle bar.

4. A guard for wheelbarrow handles extending from the handle bar at oneend in 10 a loop to the handle-bar at the guards opposite end, saidguard being provided at one end with a projection to enter an opening inthe end of the handle-bar, and at the guards opposite end with means toclamp upon the exterior of the handle-bar tohold said guard and itsprojection in place relative to the handle bar.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

- GIDEON C. BATTEN.

